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5/11/17

Good morning

Today, I’ll share an idiom that you will hear in a lot of language classes. There is a verbal phrase way in which it is used. There is also a way that it is used as a noun clause. You will hear this if you are studying the subjects of conversation or making a speech in English.

Idiom 

Break the Ice

Broke the ice (past tense)

Ice breaker

Meaning: Get a conversation (or speech) started / Getting strangers to start communicating comfortably with one another

Practice

I finally had to break the ice between me and my friend. We hadn’t talked in a long time.

The speaker gave an excellent ice breaker for his speech. It was a story.

Lucy broke the ice at our party by singing a beautiful song.

When I met the famous celebrity, I broke the ice with a simple greeting.

When the teacher asked a question, Mark broke the ice by saying that he didn’t understand it.

The speaker broke the ice with a cute story and a joke.

Learn this English idiom and use it often. You’ll sound more natural when you do.

That’s all for today.

Goodbye for now.

I hope you have a wonderful day!